The Sixties By: Brianne H.
Bands The Beatles The Dave Clark Five The Rolling Stones The Band The Grateful Dead
Television shows Batman The New People Land of the Lost Tennessee Tuxedo Diver Dan
Slang Words Bummed out- Depressed Cat- A guy A chick- A girl or a woman Dip stick- An idiot Dig- Understand
Foods Bacon Jello Carrots Corn Apples
Sports Cassius Clay wins the gold medal in boxing at the Rome Olympic Games. Ohio St. wins 75-55 over California. Pittsburgh Pirates win four games to three over the New York Yankees. The New York Yankees hit a record 193 home runs during the season. NASCAR Grand National tracks open at Charlotte, North Carolina, and Atlanta, Georgia.
Political Events John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon run against each other for the U.S. presidency. The U.S. Supreme Court rules against compulsory prayer in public schools citing Constitutional prohibitions of state sponsored religion. The U.S. Civil Rights Act is passed, ending legal discrimination in public places, promising equal voting rights and creating the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. President Lyndon Johnson announces his Great Society program, creating Medicare and expanding his "war on poverty."
Cars 1966 Ford Mustang 1969 Camara SS 1968 Pontiac GTO
Racially Motivated Incidents The 16th Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed in 1963. It killed four African American girls, marking a turning point in the U.S. 1960’s Civil Rights Movement. U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kan., in which the justices ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion and national origin, and it gave the federal government powers to enforce desegregation.
References http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_in_sports#Boxing http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe50s/worldevents_01.html http://the60sofficialsite.com/Automobiles_Of_The_60s.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing http://thecatholicspirit.com/spotlight/fighting-for-racial-equality-in-the-1960s/